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President's Secretariat
President of India Pays Homage to Dr Zakir Hussain on his Birth Anniversary
The President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, paid homage to Dr Zakir Hussain, former President of India, on his birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan today . He paid floral tributes in front of a portrait of Dr Zakir Hussain at Rashtrapati Bhavan.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the loss of lives due to a road accident in Navsari, Gujarat
Announces ex-gratia from PMNRF for the victims
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has expressed deep grief over the loss of lives due to a road accident in Navsari, Gujarat. Shri Modi has announced an ex-gratia from the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund  for the victims of a road accident in Navsari, Gujarat.
The Prime Minister's Office tweeted;
"Pained by the loss of lives due to a road accident in Navsari. My thoughts are with the bereaved families. I hope the injured recover soon. An ex-gratia of Rs. 2 lakh from PMNRF would be given to the next of kin of each deceased. Those injured would be given Rs. 50,000: PM Modi"
Ministry of Home Affairs
Terrorist Activities in Jammu and Kashmir
After 5th August, 2019, the number of terrorist incidents, stone pelting cases registered, civilians killed and security force personnel martyred in terrorist incidents in Jammu and Kashmir have reduced significantly as under: -
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Before 5th August, 2019 from 07.07.2018 to 04.08.2019 
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After 5th August, 2019 from 05.08.2019 to 31.08.2020 
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No. of terrorist incidents
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443
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206
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Number of stone pelting cases registered
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703
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310
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Civilians killed in terrorist incidents
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54
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45
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Security forces martyred in terrorist incidents
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125
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49
The Government has adopted a policy of zero tolerance towards terrorism and has taken various measures, such as strengthening of security apparatus, strict enforcement of law against anti-national elements, intensified cordon and search operations to effectively deal with the challenges posed by the terrorist organisations. While keeping a close watch on persons who attempt to provide support to terrorists and initiating action against them, other steps by Law enforcing agencies include enhanced interaction between police and public at various levels, sharing of intelligence inputs on real time basis amongst all security forces operating in Jammu and Kashmir, intensified area domination of militancy affected areas by deployment of additional Nakas and patrolling by security forces etc.
In order to bring about overall development for the benefit of people of Jammu and Kashmir, Prime Minister had also announced a package of Rs. 80,068 Crores under PMDP-2015. This package consists of 63 major development projects in Road sector, Power generation and transmission, health infrastructure, establishment of 2 AIIMS, IITs, IIMs and tourism related projects etc. These projects are at various stages of implementation. Training and employment opportunities for the youth of Jammu and Kashmir are also provided under many schemes such as HIMAYAT and PMKVY.
In order to mainstream the youth, special emphasis is being given to Watan Ko Jano programme, student exchange programme, sports as well as civic action programme of CAPFs.
This was stated by the Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply to question in the Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Defence
Contribution of Army Sportspersons in 21st Commonwealth Games 2018
Army athletes were part of the Indian contingent which has brought laurels for the nation, during the recently concluded Commonwealth Games. Army personnel got a haul of three Gold, three Silver and four Bronze Medals although they were expected to do better. Army will continue to monitor the performance of all athletes and will prepare them for the forthcoming Olympics, expecting better performance from them all.
The achievers: Subedar Jitu Rai  - Gold Medal , Havildar Om Prakash Mitharval - Two Bronze Medals , Subedar Satish Kumar - Silver Medal , Naib Subedar Amit Kumar - Silver Medal , Naib Subedar Mohd Hassumuddin - Bronze Medal , Naib Subedar Manish Kaushik - Silver Medal , Havildar Gaurav Solanki - Gold Medal , Naib Subedar Neeraj Chopra - Gold Medal  and Naib Subedar Deepak Lather - Bronze Medal , have done the nation proud.
The Chief of Army Staff acknowledged their performance and felicitated the medal winners on 18 Apr 2018. He further encouraged and motivated the athletes to continue their sustained and focused efforts as they train and prepare for the forthcoming International events, before they launch themselves into the Olympics arena.
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports extends last date for National Sports Awards 2022
Last date for receipt of applications has now been extended from 20th September, 2022 to 27th September, 2022
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports invited applications for National Sports Awards viz. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Awards, Arjuna Award, Droncharya Award, Dhyan Chand Award, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Purskar  and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy for the year 2022 on 27th August, 2022. The notifications were uploaded on the Ministry’s website www.yas.nic.in.
Last date for receipt of applications has now been extended from 20th September, 2022 to 27th September, 2022 . The applications from the eligible sportspersons / coaches / entities / universities are invited for the award. They are required to self apply online at dedicated Portal dbtyas-sports.gov.in. Indian Olympics Association / Sports Authority of India / recognized National Sports Federations/ Sports Promotion Boards / State and UTs Governments etc. are also intimated accordingly. Nominations received after 27th September, 2022 will not be considered.
Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Hindi adaptation of popular ‘Geet Ramayana’ to be brought out by Publications Division
Publications Division will bring out the Hindi adaptation of ‘Geet Ramayana’ by Shri Datta Prasad Jog. This was decided by Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar in a meeting held earlier today.
The same was also communicated by Shri Javadekar through letters written to Shri Shripad Naik, Minister of State , Ministry of AYUSH; Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Chief Minister, Maharashtra; Shri Pramod Savant, Chief Minister, Goa; and Shri Govind S Gaude, Minister of Art & Culture, Tribal Welfare and Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs, Government of Goa.
About Geet Ramayana
It is a collection of 56 Marathi language songs chronologically describing events from the Indian Hindu epic, the Ramayana. It was broadcast by All India Radio, Pune in 1955–1956. Geet Ramayan was acclaimed for its lyrics, music and singing. Written by G. D. Madgulkar and the songs composed by Sudhir Phadke, it is considered a "milestone of Marathi light music" and the "most popular" Marathi version of Ramayana.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Total of 108 projects worth Rs.2273.44 crore have been sanctioned under NESIDS during the period from 2019-20 to 2022-23
Under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme  projects are sanctioned from the sectors relating to water supply, power, connectivity and specially the projects promoting tourism and social sector of primary and secondary sectors of education and health. A total of 108 projects worth Rs.2273.44 crore have been sanctioned under NESIDS during the period from 2019-20 to 2022-23.
This information was given by Union Minister for Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region Shri G. Kishan Reddy in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Steel
Shri Dharmendra Pradhan holds meeting with the stakeholders of the Automobile and Steel Industries
Union Steel and Petroleum Minister, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting with the stakeholders of the automobile and steel industries yesterday. In a tweet Shri Pradhan said, “Held a meeting with the stakeholders of the automobile and steel industries. Steel industry plays a major role in supplying steel as a prime material for the automobile industry”. He stated that reforms undertaken in several areas will further give boost to the automobile and steel sectors. “Our steel sector is fully geared to meet the future requirements domestically. This will help strengthen #MakeInIndia and generate large scale employment. We discussed roadmap for greater localisation in sourcing steel for the auto industry and further ensure quality enhancement with the guiding spirit of an Aatmanirbhar Bharat,” he added.
The Indian steel sector is a diverse and vibrant ecosystem comprising of a multitude of stakeholders across the value chain. Each stakeholder brings valuable inputs to the sector based on their rich experience. In order to leverage these experiences and ensure efficient operationalization of the envisioned initiatives, the Ministry alongside the CPSEs regularly facilitates interaction with the various stakeholders.
Special Service and Features
BSNL Mobile Vanity Numbers e-Auction from 5th September to 14th September 2022
BSNL Tamil Nadu Circle is selling vanity mobile numbers through e-Auction from 5th September 2022 to 14th September 2022. Interested Customers to have Fancy numbers as their mobile numbers can visit www.eauction.bsnl.co.in for online bidding of fancy numbers. Last date for bidding is 14th September 2022.
A mobile phone number is one of the easiest way of identity through which we communicate to others and others to us. For a businessman a mobile phone number should be a fancy number for his customers easy rememberance. Some individuals also have the desire to have a fancy number.
In particular, some people have a special interest in buying and using numbers with our date of birth, year or vehicle number or favorite number at the beginning or end of the phone number. Some people buy and use numbers with consecutive serials for office use or for family members. For fulfilling everyone’s need of fancy number, then BSNL offers Vanity numbers of various categories.
BSNL is selling attractive numbers under the name of 'Vanity Numbers' through e-Auction. Anyone can participate in the e-Auction to get fancy mobile number of their choice.Vanity numbers are available in both postpaid and prepaid category. Now, let's see how to get vanity number online.
• Go to official website of BSNL company “eauction.bsnl.co.in”
• Click on Login/Register on the top bar of this site.
• Mention your existing mobile number and e-mail address. Now your login details will be sent to your email address.
• Enter login details and login successfully.
• Choose any of the premium numbers displayed in front of you.
• Now click 'Continue to Card'. After this, pay the registration fee 
• Now that the bidding process has started, specify the minimum bid amount.
• BSNL will select 3 users for each fancy number. Remaining users will be refunded their registration fees within 10 days through same online mode.
• The three selected users will be classified as H1, H2, H3 according to their specified bid amount. The highest bidder will be assigned the number. If he doesn't want to take it, the next person will be allotted that number.
• Number will be allotted in next few days to the person who won the number in the e-auction.
Prime Minister's Office
PM congratulates Tejaswin Shankar for winning India’s first High Jump medal
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has congratulated Tejaswin Shankar for winning India’s first High Jump medal. Tejaswin Shankar’s Bronze in High Jump is also India’s first in Track and Field at Commonwealth Games, 2022.
The Prime Minister tweeted;
“Tejaswin Shankar creates history. He wins our first high jump medal in the CWG. Congratulations to him for winning the Bronze medal. Proud of his efforts. Best wishes for his future endeavours. May he keep attaining success.”
Ministry of Agriculture &
Farmers Welfare
Union Minister Shri N S Tomar launches Coffee Table Book commemorating 50 years of partnership with UNWFP towards food and nutrition security in India
Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched a Coffee Table Book today, along with Dr. Hameed Nuru, Representative and Country Director, UN World Food Programme in India, to commemorate five decades of partnership between the Ministry and the agency towards addressing food and nutritional security in India.
Speaking at the event, Shri Tomar said “Given the importance of rural India and linkages of agriculture with multiple targets of Sustainable Development Goal 2 -the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare continues to play a critical role in achieving the collective target of ‘ending hunger, achieving food security, improving nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture’. Organisations like UN World Food Programme are prime partners of the Ministry in this endeavor”.
Addressing the gathering, Dr. Nuru said “WFP’s journey in India has been a long and successful one. It has been fortunate to witness significant positive changes in the food and nutritional security status of people, and substantial efforts made by the Government to address malnutrition. The successes achieved have been, in large part, due to the strong relationshipbetween Government of India and WFP, and the commitment of the Government and people of India towardsuplifting the nation — towards a better and brighter future”.
The Coffee Table Book – 50 years of Partnership for Change- showcases key milestones achieved by the Government of India in its efforts to make the nation free from hunger and malnutrition and WFP’s role in this endeavour. Some of the major turning points in India’s journey towards food and nutrition security captured in the book include the Green Revolution, the White revolution, improvements in livestock and dairy development and digitization of food safety nets.
Ministry of Finance
Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman interacts with leaders of financial & capital markets
Mumbai, 21 February 2022
Union Minister for Finance & Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman interacted with the leaders of the financial & capital markets in Mumbai today. She asked the industry leaders to explore ways to further strengthen the sector.
In her opening remarks, the Finance Minister expressed satisfaction about the resilience displayed by the financial markets even during the pandemic times.
Smt. Sitharaman urged the market participants to strive for efficiency and transparency to help to channelise the resource for productive investment in the most effective manner.
The Finance Minister emphasised that trust and confidence in the financial market are critical to gain traction amongst investors. Smt. Sitharaman also highlighted the important role of market participants in institution-building and for making financial market stronger and investor-friendly.
Various ideas and suggestions related to investor awareness, KYC norms, mutual fund penetration, deepening of corporate bonds, commodity derivatives and effectiveness of the market system were also discussed in detail.
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Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Identification and Marketing Development of Tribal Products
Ministry of Tribal Affairs, through its subordinate organization Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation of India Ltd.  has been implementing Scheme namely “Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products/Produce" for promotion and development of tribes. Under this scheme, besides other market development activities, TRIFED has alsobeen involved in Retail Marketing activities, which involve procurement of various tribal products from its empanelled tribal suppliers  located in different States and marketing the same through Retail network of Tribes India Showrooms and exhibitions across the country.
The product categories being dealt by TRIFED are:
- Metal Craft •Tribal Textiles
- Tribal Jewelry •Tribal painting
- Cane &Bamboo products •Terracotta & Stone Pottery
- Gift and Novelties &
- Organic and Natural Food Products
In consultation with State Governments Implementing Agencies, Minor Forest Produce  items are identified across the country for inclusion in the scheme of “Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce  through Minimum Support Price  and Development of Value Chain for MFP”.To start with, the scheme had been implemented in States having areas under Schedule V of the Constitution and initially covered ten MFP items. However, the list has been modified periodically after discussion with various stakeholders and TRIFED, and currently 73 items have been notified, including 15 items that are generally classified as “Agricultural produce” but have been included in the list due to exceptional and very difficult circumstances prevailing in the country due to the COVID 19 pandemic as they are collected by tribal gatherers.
Under Marketing Development Activity, the following products/produce are sourced from Karnataka: Wild Honey, Shikakai, Coffee, Amla, etc. The Tribal Groups involved is Soliga.The schemes of “Institutional Support for Development and Marketing of Tribal Products / Produce” and “Mechanism for Marketing of Minor Forest Produce  through Minimum Support Price  and Development of Value Chain for MFP” are demand driven and depend upon proposals from State Governments.
This information was given by Union Minister of State for Tribal Affairs Smt.Renuka Singh Saruta in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Prime Minister's Office
PM condoles the demise of P. Gopinathan Nair
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has condoled the demise of noted Gandhian and freedom fighter Shri P. Gopinathan Nair.
The Prime Minister tweeted :
"Shri P. Gopinathan Nair would be remembered for his contribution to India’s freedom struggle and unwavering commitment to Gandhian principles. Anguished by his passing away. My thoughts are with his family and admirers. Om Shanti."
Ministry of Finance
GST Revenue Collections for the Financial Year 2017-18
Total Revenue of Rs. 7.19 lakh crore collected under GST in the period between August 2017 and March 2018
During 2017-18, total revenue collected under GST in the period between August 2017 and March 2018 has been Rs. 7.19 lakh crore. This includes Rs. 1.19 lakh crore of CGST, Rs. 1.72 lakh crore of SGST, Rs. 3.66 lakh crore of IGST  and Rs. 62,021 crore of cess . For this eight months, the average monthly collection has been Rs. 89,885 crore.
While the tax on domestic supplies in a month is collected through the process of returns and gets collected in the next month, IGST and cess on imports gets collected in the same month. Therefore, during the current year, GST on domestic supplies has been collected only in eight months from August 2017 to March 2018, IGST and cess on imports has been collected for nine months, from July 2017 to March 2018. Including the collection of July 2017, the total GST collection during the financial year 2017-18 stands provisionally at Rs. 7.41 lakh crore.
Revenue of the States
The SGST collection during the year, including the settlement of IGST has been Rs. 2.91 lakh crore and the total compensation released to the States for a period of eight months during the last financial year was Rs. 41,147 crore to ensure that the revenue of the States is protected at the level of 14% over the base year tax collection in 2015-16. The revenue gap of each State is coming down over last eight months. The average revenue gap of all states for last year is around 17%.
Return Filing During the year
There has been a progressive improvement in the compliance level observed during the course of the year. Following table shows the percentage of returns filed as on due date and the cumulative level of compliance.
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Return Period
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Required to file
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Till due date
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Cumulative
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Returns
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%
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Returns
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%
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July '17
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6647581
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3834877
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57.69%
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6388549
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96.10%
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Aug '17
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7370102
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2725183
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36.98%
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6851732
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92.97%
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Sep '17
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7823806
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3934256
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50.29%
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7109143
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90.87%
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Oct '17
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7721075
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4368711
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56.58%
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6777440
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87.78%
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Nov '17
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7957204
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4913065
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61.74%
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6765603
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85.02%
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Dec '17
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8122425
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5426278
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66.81%
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6747887
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83.08%
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Jan '18
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8322611
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5394018
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64.81%
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6694387
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80.44%
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Feb '18
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8527127
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5451004
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63.93%
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6562362
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76.96%
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Mar '18
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8715163
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5458728
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62.63%
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5630683
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64.61%
As may be seen, the compliance level as on the due date has steadily increased and, by the end of the financial year, has reached to an average of 65% from around 55-57% observed during initial months. The cumulative compliance levels  for initial months has crossed 90% and for July, 2018, has reached 96%.
There are State-wise variations in the compliance level observed till due date. However, including delayed filings, the State-wise compliance levels converge over a period of time.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves Kochi Metro Rail Project Phase-II from JLN Stadium to Infopark via Kakkanad
Phase with a length of 11.17 Kms and 11 stations to cost Rs.1,957.05 crore
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Hon’ble Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, has approved the implementation of the Kochi metro Rail Phase II of Kochi Metro Rail Project from JLN Stadium to Infopark via Kakkanad, at a cost of Rs.1,957.05 crore, with a length of 11.17 Kms and 11 stations. The preparatory works for Phase-II including road widening of Seaport Airport Road are progressing well.
Phase-I in Kochi from Aluva to Petta, covering a length of 25.6 Km with 22 stations at an estimated completion cost of Rs.5181.79 crore is fully operational.
Kochi Metro Phase 1A project of viaduct of 1.80 km between Petta to SN Junction with an approved cost of Rs.710.93 crore. The Project is being implemented as state sector project. Presently all construction activities related with the Project is over and the Project is ready for inauguration.
Kochi Metro Phase 1 B Project of 1.20 Km from SN Junction to Thripunithura Terminal is under construction as state sector project.
Funding Pattern:
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S.No.
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Source
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Amount 
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% Contribution
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1.
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GoI Equity
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274.90
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16.23%
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2.
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GoK Equity
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274.90
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16.23%
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3.
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GoI Subordinate Debt for 50% of Central Taxes
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63.85
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3.77%
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4.
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GoK Subordinate Debt for 50% of Central Taxes
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63.85
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3.77%
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5.
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Loan from Bilateral/Multilateral agencies
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1016.24
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60.00%
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6.
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Total Cost excluding Land, R&R and PPP Components
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1693.74
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100.00%
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7.
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GoK Subordinate Debt for Land including R&R cost
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82.68
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8.
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State Taxes to be borne by GoK
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94.19
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9.
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Interest during Construction  for loan and front end fees to be borne by GoK
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39.56
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10.
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PPP Components 
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46.88
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11.
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Total Completion Cost
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1957.05
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Background:
Kochi is the most densely populated city in the State of Kerala and is part of an extended metropolitan region, which is the largest urban agglomeration in Kerala. Kochi metropolitan area is estimated to have population of about 20.8 Lakh in year 2013, 25.8 Lakh in 2021 and 33.12 Lakh by the year 2031.